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It is time for Peyton Manning to embrace the notion that his time in Indianapolis is over and prepare to join younger brother Eli in the city that never sleeps.

While San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kyle Williams is being blasted by fans on Twitter for Sunday's Super Bowl miss, 7 year old Owen Shure, from Los Angeles, wrote a heartbreaking, yet inspiring letter to Williams, telling the 23-year-old player that he is his No. 1 fan and told the player thank you.

Take a look at The Big Lead's site and you'll see a list of the Top 15 online sports properties along the side. It's a measure of how far the once-fledgling site started in 2006 by former newspaper and magazine journalist Jason McIntyre has come in those five years. Now, Big Lead Sports by FSV ranks No. 6 in online sports properties, in front of the sports media group that just took over a majority stake in it -- USA Today. The Big Lead makes up the centerpiece for USA Today and Gannett...

Indianapolis appears to be leaning towards releasing Manning to avoid paying his bonus.

In a desperate attempt to make their all-star event relevant, last year the National Football League (NFL) moved the Pro Bowl to the week before the Super Bowl and even displaced it from Hawaii. Reviews of the change were generally unfavorable, as the game was still played at half the speed as normal, but the NFL did get the ratings boost it was looking for.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers plan to hire Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano as their next head coach, according to a report.

Former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens is 38 years old and out of football, but not by his choice. A very brash personality, T.O. has alienated himself, and, in a GQ profile, describes himself as alone, desperate and broke. I'm in hell, he said.

Twitter has greatly affected the way news stories evolve.

Denver's defensive coordinator met with Oakland on Tuesday.

Peyton Manning, up there in age and suffering from a serious neck injury, is no doubt closer to retirement than ever before.

With the date of the biggest football game of the year fast approaching, tickets are becoming scarce for the 2012 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 5th, especially cheap options for sale.

Tim Tebow is known for many different things, but it wasn't until a surprise appearance with country singer Brad Paisley that the world learned he can sing too.

Oregon coach Chip Kelly has decided to remain a college coach after coming extremely close to accepting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offer to become a NFL head coach.

The punt returner had a game he'd like to forget.

Super Bowl XLVI will be a rematch of Super Bowl XLII

Oregon head coach Chip Kelly is close to becoming the next Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach, according to a report.

Joe Paterno, the 85-year-old former Penn State coach who was battling lung cancer, died on Sunday, after suffering further health complications the day prior, the family told the media. Since news of Paterno's death began spreading on Sunday, Sandusky and Penn State officials have issued statements. Read the statements here.

The AFC Championship game has a slew of interesting storylines, but one of the most interesting is whether the Baltimore Ravens vaunted defense can shut down Tom Brady and the New England Patriots' high-flying offense.

Pundits like Matt Millen say legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died on Sunday of a broken heart. Millen, the former NFL star who played for Paterno in the late 1970s, said on ESPN he just can't help but think (Paterno) died of a broken heart and that bothers me.

Two traditional powers meet on Sunday in Foxborough, Mass. with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.

Two surprise contenders meet at Candlestick Park with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.